THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO
Dempo Sports Club came out firing on all cylinders and played their hearts out to register a 3-1 win over Churchill Brothers Sports Club in the GFA Under 20 Taca Goa League at SAG Artifical Turf ground, Fatorda on Friday. Dempo led 2-1 at half time .
Dempo Sports Club started off with a flourish as Shankar Gaunder opened the scoring in the 28th minute .Following Viraj Naik floated the ball inside the rival penalty area , Shankar Gaunder nodded home beating the Churchill Brothers goalkeeper Gurudev Singh hand down .
Buoyed by the lead , Dempo Sports Club intensfied their attacks and pushed their opponents on the back foot and doubled inthe 36th minute when Vineet Bugde free kick brushed the rival goalkeeper Gurudev Singh 's hands and landed into the net .
Churchill Brothers Sports Club stunned by those two goals and got into attacking mode and the stroke of lemon break find the reducer when Ramandeep Singh who tapped in after Sagar Limbo laid him on the platter .
Post resumption , Dempo Sports Club raised their level of play and their forwards orchestrated raids and Churchill Brothers Sports Club goalkeeper came up with fluury of saves .
At the other hand, Churchill Brothers had a chance to level the score but Sagar Limbo spurn the open chance when he headed out open goal with only Dempo Sports Club goalkeeper Flazben D'Souza to beat off cross from the left by Ramandeep Singh .
After minor hick ups, Dempo Sports Club regrouped quickly and nearly inflated the lead but Striker Kapil Hoble 's smart header kissed the cross bar much to the dismay of Shankar Gounder floater . Dempo had the last laugh in the 56th minute when Jaison Luis found striker Kapil Hoble at the top of the box and last named made no mistake in beating the rival goalkeeper hands down
Down by 1-3, Churchill Brothers Sports Club made a last concentrated efforts but their forwards ran out ideas but failed to beat the rival strong defence .Dempo Sports Club nearly swelled the lead but Vineet Bugde free kick hit the cross bar and the rebound Shankar Gounder shot well collected by Churchill Brothers goalkeeper Gurudev Singh .With time runnnig out, Churchill Brothers went all out but Dempo defenders were stuborn and did allowed their rivals to manouever inside their terriitory .
With this win, Dempo Sports Club collected 4 points from two matches while Churchill Brothers had suffered their first defeat and have one point from two matches.
SCOREBOX
Dempo SC 3 beat Churchill Bros 1
